Hi there! I’m James Notomasa, a DevSecOps and Infrastructure Engineer with 20+ years of experience spanning enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, containerization, and CI/CD. I focus on secure, compliant pipelines in regulated environments and enjoy bridging platform, security, and delivery teams to drive reliable, repeatable releases. Throughout my career I’ve built and hardened container images, managed GitLab Runners, and partnered with security and application teams to raise DevSecOps maturity while keeping governance and compliance at the forefront.

James Notomasa

Hi there! I’m James Notomasa, a DevSecOps and Infrastructure Engineer with 20+ years of experience spanning enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, containerization, and CI/CD. I focus on secure, compliant pipelines in regulated environments and enjoy bridging platform, security, and delivery teams to drive reliable, repeatable releases. Throughout my career I’ve built and hardened container images, managed GitLab Runners, and partnered with security and application teams to raise DevSecOps maturity while keeping governance and compliance at the forefront.

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Hi there! I’m James Notomasa, a DevSecOps and Infrastructure Engineer with 20+ years of experience spanning enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, containerization, and CI/CD. I focus on secure, compliant pipelines in regulated environments and enjoy bridging platform, security, and delivery teams to drive reliable, repeatable releases.

Throughout my career I’ve built and hardened container images, managed GitLab Runners, and partnered with security and application teams to raise DevSecOps maturity while keeping governance and compliance at the forefront.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

DevSecOps / Platform Engineer at COUNTRY Financial
April 1, 2023 - Present
Support and maintain GitLab SaaS for enterprise delivery teams; manage and update harden GitLab Runners; design and maintain secure Docker images used across CI/CD pipelines; publish images to Azure Container Registry via service principals; align Docker Desktop rollout for enterprise deployment; promote repeatable image build and promotion practices; collaborate with security, platform, and application teams to improve DevSecOps maturity.
DevSecOps Engineer at General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT)
August 1, 2020 - April 1, 2023
Supported CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Git, and GitLab CI/CD in highly regulated environments; implemented and maintained security controls and compliance standards for CMS and CDC workloads; managed AWS infrastructure (EC2, RDS, ECS, IAM, VPC, CloudTrail, CloudWatch); performed security audits and remediation aligned with PCI and HIPAA; automated workflow and issue tracking with Jira Automation; supported FedRAMP‑compliant Appian Cloud solutions for federal customers.
DevOps Engineer at General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT)
August 1, 2018 - August 1, 2020
Deployed and supported JupyterHub and RStudio Teams on Kubernetes for CDC data science teams; built and maintained internal Docker image repositories and automated image pipelines; supported bioinformatics workloads on CentOS, Kubernetes, and AWS; implemented Jenkins automation, blue/green deployments, and Kubernetes image updates; maintained LMOD environments and open‑source toolchains (R, Python, Anaconda).
DevOps Engineer at Georgia Institute of Technology
May 1, 2018 - August 1, 2018
Managed Kubernetes clusters using Rancher and migrated containerized workloads to Kubernetes for improved resilience and auto‑healing.
DevOps Consultant at Verizon Wireless
April 1, 2016 - April 1, 2018
Built and automated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Git, Artifactory, and CloudFormation; supported AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, ELB); implemented SAML‑based SSO; collaborated with development and QA teams to standardize DevOps practices and tooling.

Education

Biology (Some College) at Kennesaw State University
January 11, 2030 - February 4, 2026
Computer Information Services (Some College) at DeVry Technical Institute
January 11, 2030 - February 4, 2026
Some College at Kennesaw State University
January 11, 2030 - February 18, 2026
Some College at DeVry Technical Institute
January 11, 2030 - February 18, 2026

Qualifications

Certified SAFe® 5 DevOps Practitioner (SDP)
January 11, 2030 - February 4, 2026
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
January 11, 2030 - February 4, 2026
EMC Proven Professional
January 11, 2030 - February 4, 2026
MCSE / MCP+I
January 11, 2030 - February 4, 2026
Certified SAFe® 5 DevOps Practitioner (SDP)
January 11, 2030 - February 18, 2026
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
January 11, 2030 - February 18, 2026
EMC Proven Professional
January 11, 2030 - February 18, 2026
MCSE / MCP+I
January 11, 2030 - February 18, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Financial Services, Government